Sentence examples for the question upon which from inspiring English sources

That's the question upon which his legacy depends.

But while Du Sautoy's approach is novel, it turns out the question upon which his book is based is in itself troublesome.

In the former the author brings out the contradictory character of the present views of psychologists on this subject, and in the latter proposes a theory that he believes accords with all known facts and gives proportionate weight to the various aspects of the question upon which his predecessors have dwelt too exclusively.

"You'll never leave us, will you?" It's the great question of childhood, the question upon which all the Mary Poppins books turn: is the person on whom a child relies for the foundation of his existence — food and warmth and love at its most elemental — about to disappear?

Although the history of this litigation is set forth in the opinion of the court, I deem it appropriate to restate the principal facts of the case in direct connection with my examination of the question upon which the decision turns.

"One Thursday (August 23, 1832), John King was passing my shop in Church-street and I invited him in, and after discussing this question, upon which we were both agreed, I asked him if he would sign a pledge of total abstinence, to which he consented.

It has been often decided by this court that a suit may be said to arise under the constitution or laws of the United States, within the meaning of that act, even where the federal question upon which it depends is raised, for the first time in the suit, by the answer or plea of the defendant.

Nonetheless, Bickel points out, the legal question upon which Justice Bradley' s decision turned was not very important in the contemporaneous political context.

As the new act was simply an amendment of § 5869, these two last cases would seem to be decisive of the opinion of the supreme court upon the statute in question, upon which its decision is, of course, obligatory upon this court.

It may be that the court could not pass upon these questions upon which its jurisdiction depended, so as to conclude all inquiry even on a collateral attack.

To be credible, this foray into theological waters needs to plunge into the deeper and more essential question upon which the existence of hell is predicated: the question of the existence and nature of sin.